This study was carried out within the framework of the university youth task number 22-012c

Russian civic intellectuals have an extremely important historical status and role in the development of Russian society, and they are even more important in the Russian thought of the 19th century. The key link in the development of culture naturally became the object of attention of Russian literature. From the point of view of cultural memory, it was the vivid image of the civil intelligentsia formed by Russian literature that made the image of the civil intelligentsia more and more popular, and gradually the literary image became the cultural memory of the Russian people and society. They have added a rich chapter to the culture and memory of the civil intelligentsia of Russian society.